Today in class my Winter Group did a Round Robin reading of an excerpt from Elie Wiesel's book, Night. This book is about the life of Elie, a young boy from Romania who was sent to Auschwitz when he was 15 years old. The following is a hypothetical conversation that Elie and his father may have had on their way to Auschwitz:

Elie: Father, where do you think we are going?

Shlomo (Elie's father): I'm not sure son, but I think we are traveling east.

Elie: I'm scared and I want to know where mother and the girls are.

Shlomo: Don't be scared Elie, we are probably going to be moving to a new ghetto. Your mother and sisters are probably in the next car and we will see each other again when we get there.

Elie: If you say so.

Shlomo: Don't give up hope Elizer, everything will be alright. We'll all be having dinner together in a few hours I'm sure.

Elie: I'm getting worried about Madam Schachter, she keeps screaming about seeing a fire at night. What do you think she is seeing?

Shlomo: Oh, don't worry about her, she's just thirsty, she's delusional. She sees a fire because she wishes we had a fire in here at night because it gets cold.

Elie: I hope we get there soon.

Shlomo: We'll be there soon son, very soon.